#MeToo trending on social media has people sharing their sexual harassment and assault stories

These two simple words, “me too” turned into a social media wide cry for help, last night.

As I was winding down for the evening I was scrolling through Facebook and Twitter. I couldn’t help but notice that status’ and tweets reading #MeToo kept surfacing. What does this mean? Its an act of raising awareness for sexual harassment. It’s incredibly sad because I feel that everyone I know has been affected by this. The worst part is that the comments following #MeToo are “who hasn’t”. How powerful is that?

“If all who have been sexually harassed or sexually assaulted wrote “Me too” as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.” – J’lyn Nye

To all the women sharing stories of sexual assault and sexual harassment, thank you for your bravery to speak up. You are not alone. #MeToo